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mamm?mmm i mitwt in num. A PATHETIC BALLAD. BY MM. It. K. BL1FEINS. In Manchester a maiden dwelt, Her name waa Phoebe Brown ; Hor cheeks were red her hair was black. And she was considered by good judges to be by all odds the best looking girl in town. Ilcr age was nearly seventeen IT or avm xrr>rr> nnnrklincr briaht -J 1 O O ' A very lovely girl was sho? And for about a year and a ball there had been a young man paying attention to her by the name of Reubin Wright. . Now Ruebcn was a nice young man As any in the town; And Phoebe lovod him very dear? But on account of his being obliged to work for a living, he never could make himself agreeable to eld Mr. and Mrs Brown. Ilcr parents were resolved Another she should wed ; 1 A rich old miser in the place? And old Brown frequently declared that rather than have his daughter manyReuben Wright, he'd sooner knock him on the head. But Phoebe's heart was brave and strong Sho feared not Darent's frowns * And as for Reuben Wright no bold, I've hoard him say moro than fifty times that (with the exception of Phoebe) he didn't care a d?n for the whole race of Browns. So Phoebe Brown and Reuben Wright, Determined they should marry ; Three weeks ago last Thursday night They started for old Parson Webster's, determined to be united in the holy bonds of matrimony, though it was tremendous dark and raided like the veryOld Harry. But Captain Brown wa^ wide awake; IIu loaded up his gun, And then pursuod the loving pair: He overtook 'em when they'd got about half-way to the Parson's, and then Reuben and Phoebe started off upon the run. Old Brown then took a deadly aim Towards young Reuben's head ; Bnt, oh! it was a bleeding shame. He made a mistake and shot his only daughter and had the unspeakable anguish of seeing her drop tight down stone dead. Then amraiah fiflM vnnnn And vengeance crazed his brain; Ha drew an awftil jack knife out. And plunged it into old Brown some fifty or sixty times, to that it is very doubtfill about his ever coming to life again. The briny drop* from Kusben's eyes, In torrents poured down : He yielded up the ghost and died? And this melancholy and heart-rending matter terminates the history of Reuben and Phoebe, and likewise of old Captain Brown. THI END. LOTS. A violet peered from the window sill, One sultry summers day, And the noontide silently camc^md stole The violet's bloom away. Bntacloud swept lazily over the sky, The noontide fell in vain, And the zephyrs were reawakened soon By a gentle August rain. The meadow and woodland rejoiced anew, The pool and streamlet sweHed, And a single drop from the flood was all The violet's goblet held. Yet when the evening canopied the M 1 uu? rt, The violet united below, For the pearly bestowal revived her heart, In its weariness and wo! SpST GAUDS* WOES FOE KAJLCJL Kind Reader ? Yon would sey'twaa ? lata beginning for nidnn, hot 'tis presumed that during Janua y you had your garden well manured, not with fresh stable manure, but with that from the now lot, well rotten ; fowl house manure Is very good; or stable manure will do if well rotted and applied early, a little Wrbed ashes will not hurt. If you did not spade eery deep, eay Eileen or eighteen Ionises, then you hare oommittxd a great snw that will rae sal haelf before the oloee of the summer. BnyWi enb soil plow is the beot toe) that I have met with for eadl work Where it can be used, the work is done in lam time and more effsstaaly. Irish DOtstoes thai. w?r* U J? Major fabraory should not h*r? bw pomd withdraw MfcotfUndoM. Lot tlMaa nm4 ipo?d to thorn tad aboat tho tfano tbcr aooMMi fiooht Hi: Ihmi tf thow k ippOHii. of flwt, protoct Umm A?otontho gi?d bflu to f?l wpfto tboy aright U wtfl ' *i c '.12 f: covered?pine stra>\ is batter than oak leaves. Peas that were planted early should Mm be stuck, not with split psm sticks, ' bet with sassafras, or other brush. If early corn has not been planted, it should be done at once. Hie Oregon is a goodkind for early use; it come early and has fine ears. This may be planted till the middle of July. Beets will do planted now, if it has not been done. The turnup is the best, make 1 ? J ? a uic gruuuu ncn ami spaue a cop. Carrots should be planted now ; they will grow as deep in the ground as you will spade and manure. I find it very convenient to plant two rows near each oth^r, say about eight inches, and leave a space of about fifteen inches betwen the next two ; it gives better room to pass and , cultivate. Ac. The first favorable weather in this month the various kinds of bush beans might be planted, if the weather will not permit until the middle or Inst of the month. The thousand to one is one of i the best bushbeans cultivated. It is not so early as some of the other kinds. Plant early bush squash. A little stable manure will be von* well here. If you have not n good asparagus bed, 1 get the seed and sow them at once. Sow i tlicin in drills about n foot wide: manure and w >rk well, and by Dec. or Feb. next they will do to transplant. Sow artichoke seed in rich beds?transplant iu Augnst, Spinach is a delightful vegetable.? The round leaf is beatt; it should have l>ecn plai. ed in February, but will do now. Sow in very rich land and work well. , Transplant tne early kind of cabbage; but few of nny other kind should be transplanted till Juno and July ; if they are, , you will have no cabbage when you should nave, fall nnH winfer T novo nnw lOth Feb., very fine cabbage, transplanted in June and July last. If the early kinds are transplanted in March, they will head in May or by the middle of June before the weather gets too hot and dry. Transplant lettuce in warm borders of your bods, will exposed to the sun. By the last of the month plant a few watermelons, musk mellons, and cucumbers. Be not afraid to buv a few seed? 'tis a good investment. You can haven fine garden of vegtablcs Wfore cotton wants hoeing.?Far. And Plan. B. Suggestions to Young Mothers. Rive so early in the morning, that you may bo able to secure at least half an hour for readiug the Sriptutes and prayer before your domestic concerns require you attention. You will find this exercise admirably adapted to prepare and strengthen you to encounter, with a becoming temper and spirit, the trials and vexations of the day. Accustom your children to make prayer and praise to God, the giver and preserver of life, the first employment in the morning, and the last at night. Remember that the duties of a mother un. transferable; therefore, except in cases of ; unavoidable nc easily, never suffer the devotional exercises of jour children to be superintended by another, i See that your daughters rise early, and that they employ themselves al>out such domestic affairs as arc suited to their years and capacities. Never suffer your children to require services from others which thev can perform for themselves. A strict observance of this rule w ill be of incalculable advantage to them through every period of life. Let all the young memtars of your family be regularly washed and combed, before breakfast; never |>ennit them to treat you with so much disrespect as to appear at your table in a slovenly condition. It should ever be remembered that the highest respect which a child can pay is due to its parent. This respect may l>e insured by forming correct habits in youth. "Pray, may I ask," said an English bibliopole of distinction, at an agreeable party where we had the pleasure to meet him the other evening, "may I ask whether in America the law matrimonial entitle* a man to marry the cousin of hit widow!" "Oh, yea," answered, a legal gentleman of eminence, who was present, "that ia admissible; hut there has been some doubt in our courts as to the propriety of a man's marrying the sister of his decsased vsxftT "Oh, ay;" repiiod his querist: "In England, it is somewhat different. TKtrt it has been, and is still held, that no man can marry the cousin of his widow, because, before he ha* a widow, he must die himself!" The 'catch' was adroitly plied, and, when exposed, created roars of laughter. The recently agitated question, touching incidently the marrying of a wife's sister, was what di verted the reflection of the guests.?Knickerbocker. " Tbbat your wife, mfi Dr. Franklin, In letter to i young married Wend. with j respect; it will procure reopect to you, not only from her, but from nil who observe It Never nee a slighting expression towada her, even b jest, for slighting in jest after frequent bandying* are apt to end in angry sanest" law very sensible raesarh will apply equally to both sexes. Wiuwvotos aim Mascsxvtbb RaitBoan.?TheChariestoa Courier says: We pled?I that twenty-fire miles of the Wilmington and Manchester Bail Road will soon Win nfiarstlrn, on and after the flmt SfAprfl, the amO and pas**ngar train on the W. and M. R. R^wUTrun toTdarr'a Station, flfl miles from ita jnution with the Camden ! Branch Rail-Read. A daily line of Stages, rarryian the OSL Mail thro^h Darlington CoortBenm, Cheran , to Fsy.-crllU, will ran It connection with the Roll-Road. Rbtorn Week.?lhe business of last weak resulted in tlie return of about 180 or 140 cases to the ensuing term of oof Court. This is by no means a full return { for this District, but it is heavier than we have had, unless in one or two instances, for some years past. Several cases have : boen entered involving very considerable 1 litigation. Our observation satisfies us that there already exists a sufficiency of debt throug- 1 out the country to produco very gTeat ' embarrasment Mucn depends upon tho . next crop whether the crisis will come upon 1 us within the next twelve-months; but sooner or later it must comc. It is the part of pru lence to prepare to meet it.?Cbetter Standard. Novelist Turned Minister.?J. II. Ingraham, the widely known author of "Lafittc," "Tlio Qoadroon," and other piratical and highly colored novels, was ordained to the Episcopal ministry, at Jackson, Miss., on the 8th inst. Manufacturing in Columdia.? We have frequently noticed the nanufacturing tendencies of Columbia, although the result have not yet become sufficiently important to challonge attention abroad, it became necessary to the great interests of the place for the future, that every additional development of capacity to produce something new and useful "at home" should be noted, in order properly to encourage the expenditure of new effort for new result. We examined with much pleasure the other day a amall Iron Slidng lathe, manufactured in her town by Mr. D.-IIuckins for Mr. Cooper, jeweler. The castings weremnidin Charleston, but the patterns and finising of the work were executed in Columbia. As a spoimen of mechanic,it will compare with any thing ever brought from the prolific North, and we trust that, should any of our readers ui-mre hi puwHCHs any similar nuicie in m? way of machinery, they will call upon Columbia mechanics hafore looking elsewhere. The lnthe may be examined by curious at Mr, Coo per.h itorc, and we are satisfidc that the most rigoroussn inspection will sustaia onr encomium of the work. Toumust have flour.SO CALL AT THE LANCASTER Grocery and purcnasc for Cash a superior article just received from North Carolina, at six dollars per bag of 200 lbs. IIA8SELTINE it 1IAGINS. 'feb 19 2-tf FOR SAIiE. Fifty busheijs corn-meal: ....ALSO.... FIFTY BUSHELS GRIST, fo rsale as low as can be expected according to the price of corn. For cash only. hasseltine 6l ii ag ins. feb 19 tf 2 NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the Subscriber either by note or book account are particularly requested to come forward and make immediate payment. All not settled previous to Sale Day in March next, will be placed in the hands of an Attorney I for collection, without anv execution n* I owe money and must pay. All those interested will r>leaxc pay particular attention to the above if they wish to aave coat. J. A. IIA8SELTINE. * Feb 12 tf 1 "NCTtice. All persons indebted to the late firm of Huey At Crockett are re. quei^ad to come forward and make payment to tflfc Hulmorib* r on or before Return Day, as longer indulgence cannot be given. The claims are getting old and we are needing the money. jones crockett. inarch 4 3t 4 NOTICE. All persons indebted to me for Beef during the yearn 1850 nnd *51, will plcaau nettle the name with me, or j. A. Hansel tine, who in authorized to receive the aame. All not settled by Return Day in March, will have to pay cost. Don't forget to pay the old man for his Beef; if you do, tho Sheriff* and Constable will net forget to call on you. i j. B. COU8ART. Lancaster, C. H. Feb. 19. 3t?2 PLANTER'S BANK or Fairfield, No. Fa. UNDER THE ACT OF TIIE LEGI8lature, "to establish and incorporate a Bonk in the Town of Winsboro','1 the subscribers will open Books at Lancaster, C. 11., on the 1st Monday of April next, nnd day following, from 10 o'clock, A. M. until 2 I o'clock P. M., on each day, to receive subscriptions to the capital atock of aaid Bank, ] The capital atock of aaid Bank ia divided into Twelve Thouaand Shares, of Twenty*, Ptve I)o 1 lan each a ha re; and on each ahare . Pive Dollars in specie, or the Billa of apeeie , paving Banka must be paid at Uie time of j MuWribing. J AS. H. WITHERSPOON. I WILLIAM McKENNA, GommVn. JOHN ADAM& i I<ancastcr C. H., 8. C. March 4,1 S62. Itn I l SADDLE II HARNESS ! Establishment. THE SUBSCRIBER RES- ' pectfully infbrma the citixena of this District and elsewhere, tliat lie lisa J removed from his former a land to the old stand formerly occupied by F. K. Brum* mett, where he ia prepared to carry on the Saddle and Harness business in all it* various branches; such as Covering and \ VmAAi H*i :n m ?. WU..1, nun 11 (IV Will ntirrHlll, ' Waggon Harness, Riding Bridles, Ac., I and will sell as low as can be purchased 1 elsewhere. 1 Please call and examine for yourselves. 1 D. M. POER. ; Lancaster, Feb. 12. 6m?1 FOR SALE. I FM1WO fiETTB OF CARRIAGE HAR- i JL NIM, an extra fine article, made < by an experienced workman m this ftute. i Any one wanting Harness, will do well to | look at these, as they are finer than any i harness that has ever been brought to I Um Pto^SLELflN? A H AO INS. ! Feb 12 1 : i ?V : ! CA*AWBA HOfrSE, " ' [A few rods b&utk tf the Court Haute.) alTOE above named Houae has ' been much enlarged and put Juill * in thorough repair and furnished anew, knd is now prepared to accomodate all * those disposed to give it a call. The subicriber makes no boasts but will simply \ ?ay that the Public shall be accommoda- 1 Led in a style not excelled by any House 1 in the up country. J. A. IIASSELTINE. Lancaster, Feb 12 tf 1 1 WOOD SHOP. THE Subecribcr has moved near the ( Presbyterian Church and will do 1 All work in his line on moderate terms,and would be thankful for the public patron age. TIM RODGER8. Feb 12 Ot t Corn Meal, T7V1R salo by { r feb 2C CURETON & MASSEY. Blaoksmithing. THF subscribers havo opened aSniiths' chop in flie village of Lancaster, on the corner back of the Jail, formerly occupied by Scott, (free l>oy)nnd they promise to have work dono in the I>est of style, as their smith is a No. 1 at all kinds o{ work in his line, having had two years experience in Charleston. Prices will be moderate to suit the times. The sul>scribers will be thankful for the public patronnrr<v T A \lPe CPO'it TIM ROGERS.'' Feb. 10 Ot 2 FOR SAFE, A First rate two horse WAGGON as good as new, has Wen but little used, with superior harness. Apply at this office. (WARDEN MEED. AFRESH supply just received and for sale at the Lancaster Grocery. Also one bushel Red Clover Seed. IIASSEI.TINE ?fc HAGTNS. Feb 12 tf 1 NOTICE. The subscriber has forty bushels of SEED OATS, of the beat Roughel Head Oats, which he will sell at a reasonable price. Persons wanting to purchaae will please call nt JAMES D. McIIAVAIN'S. Feb 26 3t 3 Look Here Mister! CALL IN AT Cureieo AtlHecmey'm rocery They have every thing you cad poaaibly desire in their line, feb 19 2 m?2 Oats. Oats, T7V)R sale by I1 feb 26 cureton & massey. Corn and Flour, T7*OR sale by f feb 26 cureton massey. ~ NOTICE. LL Persons indebted to Raskins A: AW Copeland, for the services of the Stallion Rowton, by the insurance, season or otherwise, while kept by Win. Connell, are hereby notified not to make payment to said Conncll, as he has foiled to keep the contract, lie has made no retujn for the season, and legal payment can only be made to John T. Copeland or JAMK8 RASKINS. Lancaster Dirt, Feb 12, 1862. 1-tf Hoe's Oast Steel, Circular and Long Saws. THE Subscribers manufacture from the best Cast Steel, CIRCULAR SAWS, from two inches to fire feet in diameter. These Saws ore carefully hardened and tern, perod, and arc ground and finished by machinery designed expressly for the purpose, and are therefore much superior in truth and uniformity of surface to those ground in the usual manner. They require less set, less power to drive them, and are not so liable to become heated, and produce a saving in the timber. They also manufacture Cast Steel MILL PITT and CROSS CUT SAWS and BIIJ, KT WEBS, of superior quality, all of which they have for sale at their Ware Itopms, Nos. 29 and 31, Gold street, or they may be obtained of the principal Hardware Merchants In the United States. R. HOE, & CO., Printing Press, Mochinb and Saw makers, 29 and 31 Gold street. The following extract is from a report made by a committee of scientific and practical gentlemen, appointed bv the American Institute: M Your committee are of unanimous opinion that in the apparatus invented by Mr. R. M. Hoe, for minding. Haws, he ban displayed great ingenuity and tact in the adaptation of machinery to the production of results in the manufacture of Haws, which mav with propriety be denominated the ne ptut ultra of the art.* Publishers of newspapers who will insert this advertisement three times with thii note, rod forward us s paper containing the same, will he paid in printing materials, by pure Hating four times the amount of their bill, for this sdTfirttcosioat New York. 1.3 F HAVING TAKEN THE HTOCK OF Goods, and am receiving and opening a new and fresh supply of SPRING GOODS, will continue at the old stand occupied by the above Ann; and will pledge myself to mil goods on aa accommodating terms as uiv establishment in the country. My stock sill be pretty much at all time* such as is usually kept in a country store; I therefore solicit a part of the publie patronage. T K. CURETON, Jr. rroiKftUBftCRIBKR HAVIWO ' JL withdrawn ft?h Um Mercantile ba- ] Mia enthaly, be take* th* ?n?*hod of re- < mhfkll ? anneal thank* to a libera) i uk) fmawa pablie tor the very liberal < mtrrmaen he baa received at their handa, ' tad aeMeMi a eontiniMMMM of the ?am? in rakaK ef hie Mae MM, the elder having ipaaed in Laneaatenilk and the fonager , it my rHibnu, TIT. CUR ETON. 1 Feb 20 ' 8t 3 - ? w * ' - . - J The TniTell?Mi ttnide. ROUTES FROM CHARLESTON. From Ckarlteton to New York?Lcavng daily at 3 1-2 o'clock, P. M. By iteamer to Wilmington, 180 mile*; by Railroad to Weldon, 162 mill*; to Petfraburg, 03 ; to Richmond, 22, to Acquia Creek, 70; by Steamer to Washington, r?6; bv Railroad to Baltimore, 40; to Philadelphia, 92; to New York, 87. Total distance, 771 miles. Time 60 hours. Pare 820. The Southerner, Steamship, leaves Charleston every tenth (L?y after the 27th of April, at 4 o'clock, P. M. Through in BO hours, hare, with state room, $25. From Charleston to Philadelphia?The Osprey leaves Charleston every other Saturday, at 4 o'clock, P. M. Through in 00 hours. Fare $20. From Charleston to Wcw Orleans? leaving daily at 10 o'cl?>ek, A. M. By South Carolina Railroad to Augusta, 130 miles; by Georgia Railroad to Atlanta, 171: l?v Macon and Western Railroad to Griffin, 42; by Stage to Opelaka, 05: by Railroad to Montgomery, 05; by steamer to Mobile, 331; to New Orleans, 100.? Total distance, 1,000 miles. Time, 123 hours. Fare $39,50. From Charleston 1o New Orleans, via Savannah, daily at 9 o'eloek. A. M. By steamer to Savannah, 140 miles; bv Central Railroad to Macon. 190; bv Macon and Western Railroad to ltarnesville, 40; by stage to Opelaka, 100; by Railroad to Montgomery, 05; by steamer to Mobile, 831; to New Orleans, 100. Total distance, 1,032 miles. Time, 77 hours.? Fare $30,50. BOOK AGENTS WANTED. 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The work hn*bccn highly recommended by tho Hon. Henry Cluv of Kentucky Judges Kent and Edmonds, of No.w York, and other eminent counsellors in various narts of the ITniti-d 'I'l... retail price i* $1.00 in strong binding nnd $1.25 in leather. A copy in atrong binding will be sent by mail (free of postage) upon the receipt of one dollar, (post paid) or a copy in leather binding upon the receipt of one dollar nnd twenty five cents. No person need apply who has not energy sufficient to earn 76 dollars per month over all expenses. For further information address (post paid) or apply personally to H. M. RANNEY, at tho Book Bindery, 101 Meeting-street, Charleston, 8. c., General Agent for tho South.? The above work is also translated into the German Language, and can be obtained as above, (retail price one dollar and twentyfive cents.) n. B. Editor* of papers throughout the Southern States who will give the above advertisement. (including the notice) two or more insertions, and send n cody of the paper containing the same addressed us above, shall recuive (free of postage) a copy at the work. mar -1 4 PROSPECTUS OF THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. Volume X, For 1862. DR. DA5IEL l.EE, V. RtlDMLXD, Editor. Assistant Editor. Tiie southern cultivator i* issued every month, nnd is exclusively devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Floriculture, Domestic nnd Farm Economy, Tillage and Husbandry, the Breeding ana Raising of Domestic Animnls, Poultry and Bees, and the gcncralo routine of Southern Planting and Farming. The new volume for 1852, will be issued on n royal octavo sheet of 3*2 pages, with Neva Five Paper and lieautijful Illustration* ! It will contain a much greater amount of matter than hepetof^>ro?Will discuss n greater variety of topics, and will be in every respect ike lf.it Agricultural pape in the South ! and equal to any in the Unionr FRIENDS OF SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE!! Aatlio Cultivator was the First Journal established in the Cotton Growing States, exclusively devotee to the intcrestsof the Planter ; and it has ever been an earnest and consistent advocate of those interests, we confidently hope that, having fostered and sustained it so far, your cordial and generous support will still be continued. Plan tars. Farmers. Gardener*, Fruit Growers, Stock Raisers, Nursemen. and all connected in any way with the Cultivation of the soil, will find the Southern Cultivator replete with new and valuable information ; and richly worth ten times the trilling sum nt which it is afforded. TERMS OF THE CULTIVATOR: One copy,one year Si 00 Mix Copies. ..I 6 Twelve Copies 10 Twenty-five Copies 20 FlAy Copies S7 50 One Hundred Copies..... 75 ?i WM. 8, JONE8, Publisher. Augusts, Gs. CHEAP GOODS At Btllalr, ?. C. THE SUBSCRIBER IS NOW RECEIVing from Charleston large additions to his stock of CHEAP G(jDD8, among which srs many articles to suit the coming lesson, which will be sold at mrh prices ss msnet till to girs eeSefcetlon. These wasting Goods will find it to their advantage to call early, before the many bbally aiur artistes #r? acid oat. yr Terms Cask, or four months for spCHARLES P. ETAN8. BefWr, Tab fltt |L-tf 1 i ? <fW"i ? The Soil of the South for 1852. IN May, 1860, a number of Planters living In Georgia and Alabama, met in Columbus, Ga., and formed themaelvcs into an Agricultural Society. Tbe advantages of such an association were at once apparent, and with the view to contrbutc as much as possible to agricultural improvement, it was determined, at a meeting of the Society in January, 1861, to establish an Agricultural Journal. As the result of that action, 44 THE SOIL OF THE SOUTH," mode its appearance in the month of March last It was hailed w ith universal approbation. nnD from that dav to this, it has stand. ily and mpidly increased in circulation and public favor. At the recent great Fuir in Macon. Ga.. it was by a unanimous vote of the members recommended to the patronage of Southern Agriculturists, and elected to be the ORGAN OF THE SOUTHERN CENTRAL AGRICULTUR A I. ASSOCIATION It will hereafter be published under the auspices of that association, and will be the medium of communicating officially, all intelligence pertaining to Its interests and objects, by a resolution of the Executive Committee, the publisher is authorised to send a copy of the paper pratuitovsty to all Agricultural Societies in the South that will send their oddr?M tc the office of publication. The columns of the Soil of the South will as heretofore, be devoted to the discussion of all subjects pertaining to the interests of Agriculture and Horticulture, Domestic and Rural Economy. It is intended to make the paper cstentialhi practical, and at the same time eminently propreasire, in its character, embodying as far as possible, all that is valuable, as well in the practice as the science of Agriculture. In its instructions, it will be the constant aim of those who write for its columns, to adapt, themselves to the peculiar climate, soils and crops of the South. In short, no effort and no reasonable expense will be spared, to makeTbc Soil of the South a worthy and instructive Journal of Southcen Agriculture. Terms.?The Soil of the South is published monthly, each number containing sixteen large ana handsomely printed pages, and is tarnished to subscribers promptly and regularly at the low price of UNE DUL.L.AK. I'KR AiNiNUiM. Five copies will he went 12 months for $4. The money must in all esses accompany the names, or the paper will not be sent. ftf" All commnnientions must he addressed (post jxiid) to the I'uhlishcr of tho Soil of South, Columbus, Gn. JAMES M. CHAMBERS, Agricultural Editor CHARLES A. I'KABODY. Horticultural Editor. WILLIAM II. CHAMBERS, Publisher. LEGAL RATES OF INTEREST, I.N T1IE DIFFERENT STATES A TE Kill TORIES. Maine, 0 per cent; forfeit of the claim. New Hampshire, 6 js*r cent; forfeit of thrice theamuont unlawfully taken. Vermont, 6 per cent; recovery in action and costs. Massachusetts, 6 per cent; forfeit ol thrice the usury. Rhode Island, 6 per cent; forfeit of the usury and interest on tho debt. Connecticut, 0 |>er cent; forfeit of the whole del itNew York, 7 per cent; usurious contracts void. New Jersey, 7 per cent; forfeit of the whole debt. Pennsylvania 6 per cent; forfeit of the whole debt. Delaware; 0 per cent; forfeit of the wliole debt. Maryland, 0 per cent, on tobacco contract 8; usurious contracts void. Virginia, 0 per cent; forfeit double the usury. North Carolinn, 0 per cent; contract* for usury void; forfeit double the usury. South Carolina, 7 per cent; forfeit o( nterest and premium taken, with costs. Georgia, 8 percent; forfeit thrice the usury. Alabama, 8 per cent; forfeit interest and usury. Mississippi, 8 per cent; by contract 10; usury recoverable in notion for debt. Louisiana, 5 per cent; Hank interest 0; contract 8; beyond contract, interest void. Tennessee, 6 per cent; usurious contract* void. Kentucky, 6 per cent; usury recoverable with costs. Ohio, 0 por cent; usurious contracts void. Indiana, 0 per cent; a fine of double the excess. Illinois, 6 per cent; by contract 12; beyond forfeits thrice the interest. Misasivi, 0 per cent; by contract 10; if beyond, forfoit of interest and usury. Michigan, 7 per cent; forfeit of usury 1-4 of debt Arkansas, 6 per cent, by agreement 10; usury recoverable, but contract void. District of Columbia, C per cent; usurious contracts void. Florida, 8 per cent; forfeit interest and excess. Wisconsin, 7 per cent; by contract 12; forfoit thrice the excess. Iowa, by agreement, and enforced by law. On debts of judgment in favor of the United States, interest is computed at 0 per cent per annum. In Equity?l*ancM?ter Blot. Ei Parte. " Petition JamenH. Kirkley, hy nower of Attorney ? for m>m John Kirkley *r. k Rmannah hia wife. Ilclici* at. i Chan. Kirkley?-ef ad. f ?Vc. It appearing to my lutiaCiction, that John Kirkley, Hr Charlea Kirkley, J anion Kirkley and John Kirkley, Jr., defendant* in above care, reside without the limit* of thiftStAtc. On motion of Williams Sol'r. for the Petitioner, it ? ordered, that the aid John Kirkley, 8r? Cliarlo* Kirklev, Jame* Kirkley, and John Kirklv, Jr., <(o plead, an*w?r, or demur to the Petition in the above caee. on, or before tied day oj June neat. Otherwise, Judgment* Fro. Cnafono* will be ordered against each of than. JA& II. WITHKK8POON. Cemr. Kq. L. D. Fek. 12 In 1 4* cunKTON MAwnrr. I# CT;T 4 m * ?gg . THE COTTON CROP. The following table, from the New Orleans Pries Current, gives a most interesting statement of the cotton exports of the Union for the jpeat thirty years. The I ctop Of 1851, it will be seen, was worth more than $40,000,000 over the most valuable crop ever raised before: Statement showintr amount, value and Average price per lb. of cuttoo exported from tho United States from 1821 to 1851 inclusive: Total i4v'ge prico Years. lbs. Value. per lb. 182 1 124,893,401 21,157/480 16.2c 182 2 144,676,095 23,035/168 16.8 182 3 173,723/270 20,445/120 11.6 182 4 149.369,663 21.947,401 16.4 1826 176,419,207 36,846,64? M.I 1826 20t/>35,416 26,025/214 18.3 . 182 7 294,310,115 26,359/145 10 182 8 210/?90f463 22/487/129 10.7 + 182 9 264/137,186 26,675.311 10 183 0 298,450,102 29,674,882 9.3 1831 316,979,794 26,299,492 9.1 C" . 1832 322,215.122 31,734/182 9.8 .lr, 183 3 323,798,404 36,101,106 11.1/ 1 ' 183 4 384,717.907 49,448.402 12.83. .1 1835 397,368,992 64,961,302 16.8 I, 183 6 423,631,307 71/184,925 16.8 183 7 444,212/137 63,240,102 14.2 J? 183 8 596,952.397 61.566/111 10.8 183 9 41.%62I.3I2 61.228,981 15.7 184 0 713/141,061 63.870,307 8.5 1 1811 530,204,100 51,330.341 10.2 184 2 584.711,017 47,592,164 8.9 184 3 793/197,106 49,119,806 6.2' 1814 663,033,465 64,063/101 8.1 1845 872,906.996 61.789.613 5.92? 1816 547,658,055 42,707.341 7.81 ' 1847 527,219.958 63,415,848 10.34 ] 1818 814/274.431 61,998,293 7.61 184 9 1,026,602,269 67,396,967 6.4 1850 635,381,604 71.984,616 11.3 1861 927/237,089 112,315,317 12.11 Rank of the United States, I ACCORDING TO THEIR POPt'LATIOK, WITH Til* 1 CATITOT. or EACH STATE. 1 Stairs Rank Pop. 1860.J Capitals. New York... 3,079,000 Albany. Pennsylvania.. 2,41 2,OOo'lIcrrisburg. Ohio 1,977,OOo|( ,'olumbus. Virginia l,4H|,000;Richmond. Tennessee... 1,003,000 Nashville. Kentucky... 1,002,000] Frankfort. Massachusetts 993,000|Roston. Indiana 989,0O0!lndiannpoli*. Georgia. 879,000]Millodgeville N'th Carolina. 869,000i Raleigh. I Illinois 862,Ooo Springfield. j Alabama 772,000 Montgomery. ' Missouri .... 684,000 JetTerson City. S'th Carolina. 666,000 Columbia. Mississippi... 693,000 Jackson. Maine 683,000 Augusta. Maryland.... 683,000 Annapolis. IxHiisiana .... 601,000 New Orleans. New Jersey.. 400,000 Trenton. Michigan ... 396,000 Detroit. Connecticut... 371,000 N.Havetl &. Ilt'fd. ,| , N. Mainpshiru 318,000 Concord. Vermont ' 314.000 Montpelier. Wisconsin... 304,000 Madison. Arkansas.... 208.000 Iittle Rm-k. ' California.... 200,000 San Jose! Vallejo^ r Iowa 192,000 Iowa City. Texas 188.000 Austin. Rhode Island.. 148,0oo Providence, tie. Delaware. ... J 92,0oo Dover. Florida J R8,0<x) Tallahassee. ' Territories,Ae' 161,Ooo d lndi'ns,60tr'bs 300,000 jtffl Total popol'n 23,49JU>Ooi S , LEGISLATURES OF THE STATES. Political complexion and time o< meet- yL ing of the Legislatures at tlie seats of gov - 43? ernment: Slates Ma;, of Leg. l\me of Meeting. , Alabama*. .Uuion(Dem) 2d in Key a Arkansas* Dcm 1st * 'k ** 1 California Dem 1st " Connecticut Dem 1st Wcdnc?'v*^*t; Delaware* Dem lat Tuesday jJK* I ' Florida* Dem 1st Monday Nov r 1 Georgia* Union 1st " " Illinois* Dem 2d Monday Jnnn'v Indiana Dem 2d Thursday Jan'v Iowa* Dem 1st Monday Deer Kentucky Whig 1st " " lonisiana* Dem 3d Monday Janu'r Maine IX'm 2d Wednea'y Jai/v Maryland Dem 1st Wednea'y Jnn'y Massachusetts.Dem &. F. 44 * Michigan Dem 1st Monday Ji nii'y Mississippi*. . .Union 1st u '. " . ( Missouri* Dcm lost Monday Dcc'r N. Hampshire..Dem 1st Wcdnes y June New Jersey. ...Dcm 2d Tuesday Janu'y ? New York.... Whig 1st - - * NorthCarolina* Dem 3d Monday Nov'r Ohio* Dem 1st " Jm'y Pennsylvania. .Dom 1st Tues?l*y Ja in'y Rhode laland.. Dem May and Ovbds-r ? " HouthCaroHna.Sccesa'n 4th Monday Nov'r Tcnncssoe*.... Whig 1st - - th*t Texas* Dom I kcuinWr Vermont Whig 2?i Thnrwbiy (M r Virginia* Dem. 1st Monday iWr* Wisconsin. ..W. dc. F. 8. lat " Jan. *In the State* marked u ith asterisk , the Drillatnns mp?t KL.nt, i4 TERRITORIES. JL * ' (Democrats in Roman; ?l'hign in UaU^K STATES. COVER NOH?Al.tR?ff Alabama Henry W. Collier... $3 frw,y Arkansas John 8. R?wne.... ,.. | Ihifc, California. John JBiulor I?>0<K)? Cynnocticut.. .Thoa. If. Seymour., ,1.100* J Delaware....... William Rom .1 S3.V. Florida Thuman Itnnrn....? l*?M? ^ Georgia Howell*-nidi 31 *00. C. Illinois Aug, C. French...... lAooi * Indiana. Jos. A. \Vrigid ?J*V I Iowa. Stephen llcmpatuiwi. .IJfOn ) Kentucky Duni < W, I'nwvll. .2 AO**- w Louisiana Joseph Walker. ./S'.IMHma Maine. John 11 iiMamt....... I, lo Maryland Enoch I. I .owe ;1,. ^ Massachusetts .Geo.8. HontwcllI - Mishigui John II. Ilarry Mo f Mississippi Henry 8. Fnolo 3 Oo 1 Miaaonn. Austin A. King goo 1 New Ilampahire-Banincl IHatnoor tOOO* . I Naw Jersey George F. Fort I MM> I New York IVath?up km //?. */.... 1 QOO ?. M nonn uuoiiiui.lil>1?l W. 19 009 OM? Renl*?n Wo?nl,.. ; I. .t OOUw^ir Pennaylvania . .William lltglor ..!?? Rhode Uland...Philip Allen......... Houth CCaroline. John if. ! Uwtii*.... ,,|fl Tmhmhm IVm. It. CmnMI,...3/S, I Texa* P. II. IUI tUV, Vermont...... Ckmt. K. W'tilmm*.. .dK<> Virginia. Jnneplt Jahnnon -Sft3 Democrat* 9?, WM-j* b. ^ < i minwiu. Wimiih J.tmmnl J FmrtrwU... Ijfcft <*0fo*. ? ??? MP? MmMU Alrr Ramxry:... . -TlSbo ^ Nnar Mubo.. .Jh?. A tttAmm H0OO A Utah. The Uoenia ? of TawKf+ja ?w " j ad Vy the Proddent and Senate. -I